Apparatus for use in dispensing liquids.



No. 694,646. Patentd Mar. 4, I962.- 'w. HUCKS & w. HUCKS, m; A

APPARATUS FOR USE IN DiSPENSlNG LIQUIDS.

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(Application filed May 28, 1901.)

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I UNITED STATES WILLIAM HUOKS AND WILLIAM HUOKS, JR., OF 'CAMDEN-TOWN, LONDON, I

. PATENT OFFICE.

ENGLAND.

FAPPARATUS FOR USE IN DISPENSING LIQUIDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 694,646, dated March 4, 1902.

Application filed May 28, 1901. Serial No. 62,280. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, WILLIAM HUCKS and WILLIAM HUOKS, J r., engineers, subjects of the King of Great Britain, residing at 22 Oval road, Camden-Town, in the county of London, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Dispensing Aerated Liquids, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to apparatus for dispensing aerated liquids wherein the aerated liquid is drawn off from the container thereof through a valve into a closed intermediate vessel, from which it is afterward poured for consumption; and the object of our invention is to provide simple and efficient apparatus for the purpose which is cheap in first cost, very readily operated, and'not liable to readily get out of order.

According to our invention the intermediate vessel is employed so that'it forms the handle or is operated with the handle by which the closure of the intermediate vessel is first effected, and then the valve is opened by the combined movement of the said handle, the said handle afterward allowing the valve to close and then separating the closing device and the intermediate vessel,- which vessel can then be brought into a position to discharge its contents into a glass or other receptacle for consumption.

We will describe with reference to the accompanying drawings arrangements or constructions of apparatus according to our invention.

Figure 1 is a front elevation, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section, of an apparatus constructed in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 3 is a detail showing one of the cama.

grooves for operating the valve. Fig. 4: is a front elevation, and Fig. 5 a longitudinal section, of a similar apparatus, showinga modification of the valve-operating mechanism; and Fig. 6 is adetail in section of the valveoperating arrangement.

Referring first to Figs. 1, 2, and 3, A is the end of a pipe. or attachment to the pipe leading from the container of. the aerated liquid,

which pipe or attachment projects from a partition, wall, or standard B and toward its end has a seating a for a valve 1), which opens inwardly. The said valve is carried in a piece 0, having a squared (or equivalently-formed) projecting end d and laterally-projecting pins or trunnions e engaging with cam-grooves f in a part A, projecting from the end of the pipe or attachmentA beyond the valve-seating a; Mounted upon the said pipe or at tachmentA is a sleeve 0, extending beyond the end of the said pipe or attachment and having an end piece D screwed into it,-which end piece has a squared or equivalentlyshaped recess g fitting upon the projection dof the piece 0, which carries the valve b. The said sleeve 0 also carries a nozzle E, which when the valve b is opened is in communication with the pipe or attachment A, leading from the aerated-liquid container. On the sleeve O, near the said nozzle, is a lug h, to which is independently pivoted at h a holder F for a bottle G or other receptacle, which constitutes the intermediate vessel or receptacle for receiving the drawn-off aerated liquid prior to its being pouredtherefrom forconsumption. The mouth of the said bottle or receptacle is in such a position as to receive the nozzle E, whose exterior is provided witha plug 'L of a material suitable tomake a tight closure of the mouth of the said bottle or receptacle.

When aerated liquid is to be drawn ofi, the bottle or receptacle G is moved likea handle;

but before any rotary movement is imparted to the sleeve c ne holder F moves on its joint at h sufficiently to allow the mouth of the bottle or receptacle G tobe tightly closed by the plug 't', surrounding the nozzle E, and

then by continued movement ofthe bottle or receptacle G and holder Fthe sleeve O'is partly'rota'ted', so that therecess .g in the end piece D, carried by the sleeve O,'partly'rotates the carrier 6'' of the valve 1), so that the pins or trunnions c are acted upon by, the

cam-grooves f in the part Afproject-ihg from the end of the pipe or attachment A, and the valve 13 is thereby opened and aerated liquid passes into the bottle or receptacle G. When the said bottle or receptacle G is released, a

torsional spring H returns the sleeve 0 to its normal position, and the valve (2 is closed by the cam-groovesfacting on the pins or trunnions e, and then the bottle or receptacle G, with its holder F, can be turnedupon the hinge-joint 7L, causing the mouth of the bottle or receptacle G to come away from the nozzle E and permitting the bottle or receptacle G to be turned so that its contents can be poured intoa glass for consumption. The spring II is preferably inclosed by a casing I. To make a fluid-tight joint between the sleeve C and the pipe or attachment A, a conical projection 7.; is formed on the end of the said pipe or attachment A to fit in close contact with a corresponding conical recess Z, formed in the sleeve C. y

In Figs. 4, 5, and 6 the parts corresponding to those described with reference to Figs. 1, 2, and 3 are marked with the same letters of reference. In this modification the valve a is normally maintained closed against its seat I) by a spring a, one end. of which bears on a shoulder in a recess a formed in the end of the pipe or attachment A, the said valve and spring being inclosed in a cap or casing I), (screwed onto the end of the said pipe or attachment A,) having a passage in the end surrounded by the seat I) for the valve a. This valve a is forced from its seat by camshaped projections f on theinner face of the end piece D of the sleeve 0, which projections when the said sleeve is partly rotated on the pipe or attachment Afor the purpose of drawing off the aerated liquid press on a bar 2', connected to the valve a by a screwed stem 2', so as to force the valve or from its seat against the counteracting pressure of the spring a and of the pressure of the liquid within the container. To prevent the valve from turning when operated by the cam projections, cheek-pieces c are provided on the end of the casing 11, between which checks the bar 1' is guided in its movements. When the sleeve 0 is in its normal position, the valve a is allowed to close by reason of the cam-shaped projections f being cut away from that portion of the inner face of the end piece D which is opposite the bar 2'. To insure a liquid-tight joint between the sleeve 0 and the pipe or attachment A, an inclined shoulder is formed on the said pipe or attachment, which shoulder is held in contact with acorresponding inclined surface Z in the sleeve 0 by a spring on, interposed between a nut or projection 71 on the pipe or attachment A and the back of the rose or plate 19, by which the apparatus is fixed to a wall, partition, or standard B. Projecting from the front of the rose or plate 1) is a socket q, in which the sleeve 0 turns, the said socket having a slot 1' therein, through which slot a stud or pin .9 is screwed into the sleeve 0, the length of {the said slot limiting the extent of 1'0- tation of the sleeve by the pin .9 coming against the ends of the said slot. shoulder 75 on the pipe or attachment A is a notch 70', and in the inclined surface Z in the sleeve, which is in contact with the said shoulder, is a similar notch 1. These notches coincide with each other when the sleeve is in its normal position (shown in Fig. 5) to allow of snifting (relief of superfluous gas) from the bottle or receptacle G. In Fig. 4 the apparatus is shown in full lines in its normal position, with the nozzle E inserted in the mouth of the bottle or receptacle G. To charge the bottle or receptacle with the aerated liquid, the sleeve G is turned (using the bottle or receptacle G as a handle) into the lower position, (shown by dotted lines, Fig. 4,) this movement causing the valve a to be forced by the cam projections f 2 from its seat I) and admit the liquid to the bottle or receptacle G through the nozzle E. Afterward by removing pressure from the bottle or receptacle G the sleeve 0 will be returned by the spring II to the position shown by full lines, in which the notches 70 Z will coincide and admit of the snifting (escape of superfluous gas) of gas from the interior of the bottle or receptacle G, and thereby prevent sudden pufis of gas from the bottle or receptacle when its mouth is removed from the nozzle E. To discharge the contents of the bottle or receptacle into a glass or other vessel, it and its holder are turned on the joint 71, into the higher position. (Shown in dot-and-pick lines in Fig. 4.)

If desired, in both the foregoing and following arrangements in order to take the strain 0% the bottle or receptacle G, if it be made of glass, the holder F may be provided with a metal part, as at f, to receive the thrust of the hand of the user.

We claim as our invention- 1. Apparatus for dispensing aerated liquors, comprising a container having an outlet, a valve therein, and a closing device on said outlet, in combination with a vessel, a holder for the vessel, and a pivot for the holder independent of the valve, said holder adapted when rotated to first close the vessels mouth against the closing device and upon further rotation to open the valve, substantially as described.

2. Apparatus for dispensing aerated liquors, comprising a container having an outlet, a valve therein and a closing device on said outlet, in combination with a rotatable sleeve, a holder pivoted on the sleeve and adapted to carry a vessel, whereby when the holder is turned on its pivot, the mouth of the vessel is first closed by the closing device and then the valve is opened, as described.

3. Apparatus for dispensing aerated beverages, comprisinga container, an outlet-pipe therefrom and rigid therewith, a valve-stem parallel with the outlet-pipe, a valve on the stem, a closing device and a holder pivoted In tlfe r erages, comprising a container, an outlet-pipe to the outlet-pipe independently of the-valve, 1 In testimony whereof we aflix our signa- IO substantially as described. tures in presence of two witnesses.

4. Apparatus for dispensing aerated bev- WILLIAM HUCKS. WILLIAM HUOKS, JR.

therefrom, a valve and a Valve-stern parallel with the outlet-pipe, a closing device, a rotatable sleeve on the outlet-pipe and a holder pivoted to the-rotatable sleeve, substantially as described. 1

Witnesses:

WILLIAM GERALD REYNOLDS, JOHN EDWARD NEWTON; 

